CVE-2011-1486

Publication date 31 May 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

libvirtd in libvirt before 0.9.0 does not use thread-safe error reporting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing multiple threads to report errors at the same time.

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Status

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No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libvirt	11.04 natty	Fixed 0.8.8-1ubuntu6.2
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 0.8.3-1ubuntu18
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.13
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

RH apparently have a reproducer in private bug

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libvirt	Upstream: http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=f44bfb7fb978c9313ce050a1c4149bf04aa0a670 Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0479.html

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)